CRITIC'S PICK "I began to see the character and the show in anagrammatic terms...It’s not about a disease at all, unless it’s the one we all have: We grow up too slowly and then suddenly too fast. We are gone before we know it."
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"It still feels intimate, but the larger audience lets the show land big laughs as well as moments of stung collective sympathy, and the performances pop with fresh energy."
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" 'Kimberly Akimbo' is now in residence at the Booth Theatre with the original cast and every bit of its wondrous quirkiness intact. In fact, the show is more polished and endearing than before."
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"The musical felt like a glimmer of sunlight breaking through the winter of Omicron. In the Broadway run, that sun shines brighter and clearer— the show-choir costumes are shinier."
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" 'Kimberly Akimbo' leaps into enchanting life from its first scene...Its two and a half hours pass like a freshening breeze that is gone before you’ve had time to fully savor it."
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" 'Kimberly Akimbo' remains a stunner, a sly, quirky, eccentric work of stage art transformed into a crowd pleaser...works its way into your heart with a jauntiness that both hides and ultimately amplifies its serious ambitions."
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"It’s a great truth that acting is not so much about people but people in motion...As is the case with Tesori’s roiling score, their work here is kinetic."
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"In a field crowded with fan service - 'Kimberly Akimbo' is an exception — one that proves musicals can be deeply strange and spirited, and can challenge audiences to see things from another point of view."
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